Plymouth State Hands Women's Tennis 8-1 Conference Loss

Hieu Nguyen

Oct 15, 2011

Despite loss, Beacons have secured spot in conference tournament

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PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire – Junior Hieu Nguyen (Dorchester, MA) got back on the winning track, recording her 12th win over the year against Little East Conference opponent Plymouth State University (9-4, 5-3 LEC). Unfortunately the host Panthers earned the victory as they defeated women's tennis (6-8, 3-5 LEC) by the final of 8-1 Saturday afternoon at P.E. Center Courts.

Even with Saturday's loss the Beacons have secured a spot in this year's Little East Conference tournament. The tournament appearance will be the Beacons first since 2008, and will begin on Tuesday.

Nguyen's win was a hard fought one as she had to go to a tie-breaker to defeat Plymouth's Megan Cooper, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6). Also having a back and forth match was Wendy Steinman (Dudley, MA), who was edged by Elizabeth Silsby 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4).

Mostly every match in Saturday's contest was close. In doubles play, Plymouth managed to sneak by with an 8-6 win at first flight, 8-4 win at second flight, and 8-3 win at third flight. In singles play Anitra Kloczewiak (Newton, MA) fell to her first flight opponent 6-2, 6-3. MaKenna Arrigo (Yarmouth Port, MA) and Samantha Counts (Bridgewater, MA) were each defeated in their respective matches 6-4, 6-2. Katherine Perkins (Dennis, MA) dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision at sixth flight to close out the match.

Women's Tennis will now wait to see who they will face in the quarterfinal round, when the pairings are announced by the conference office later this weekend.